if elements in shift pattern or skills start or end with space strip ther

dream/plugins/Batches/BatchesOperatorBreaks.py

@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ class BatchesOperatorBreaks(plugin.InputPreparationPlugin, TimeSupportMixin):
             continue
         date=strptime(row[0], '%Y/%m/%d')
         operators=row[1].split(',')
+        
+        # if element has spaces in beginning or in end remove them
+        operators=self.stripStringsOfList(operators)
+
         i=4
         while row[i] not in ['', None]:
             breakStart=self.convertToSimulationTime(strptime("%s %s" % (row[0], row[i]), '%Y/%m/%d %H:%M'))
@@ -56,8 +60,5 @@ class BatchesOperatorBreaks(plugin.InputPreparationPlugin, TimeSupportMixin):
                                    ]
                               ]
                         }  
-#     import json
-#     outputJSONString=json.dumps(data['graph']['node'], indent=5)
-#     outputJSONFile=open('h.json', mode='w')
-#     outputJSONFile.write(outputJSONString)     
+    
     return data

dream/plugins/Batches/ReadSkilledOperators.py

@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ class ReadSkilledOperators(plugin.InputPreparationPlugin):
                 continue
             skills=PBitem[1].split(',')
             skills = filter(bool, skills) 
+            # if element has spaces in beginning or in end remove them
+            skills=self.stripStringsOfList(skills)
+            
             newSkills=[]
             for n_id,n in node.iteritems():
                 technology=n.get('technology',None)

dream/plugins/plugin.py

@@ -47,6 +47,14 @@ class Plugin(object):
   # return the average of a list    
   def getAverage(self, value_list):
     return sum(value_list) / float(len(value_list))
+
+  # takes a list of strings and removes spaces in the beginning or end
+  def stripStringsOfList(self, inputList):
+    i=0
+    for element in inputList:
+        inputList[i]=element.strip()
+        i+=1
+    return inputList
   
   # return the standard deviation of a list                                      
   def getStDev(self, value_list):